County Line vs Entering a County

[webny99]

What I'm saying is that it's is not possible to search while in a thread. I have to go to the search page, which then searches the entire forum.

Here is where I enter my search criteria within a thread.  This searches only the thread I'm in.  Are you saying that box doesn't exist for you?

Aha! I had that whole top bar permanently minimized. I can see it now. Good to know!

[Kulerage]

I've seen both, though County line seems to be more common in rural areas, whereas entering tends to be by urban centers.

[StogieGuy7]

In Indiana, INDOT puts up signs on their roads.  Interstates just have signs naming the county you are entering.  US and State highways have signs that say Enter XXX Co  Leave YYY Co.  It's up to the counties as to whether or not they sign county roads.

Though they don't anymore. County lines are not signed on the new I-69, and several signs on US 24 and I-94 have been missing for years and have never been replaced. When I reported those signs being missing (along with the Central/Eastern Time Zone sign on I-94 at the MI line), they informed me that they have indeed discontinued that sort of signage due to safety and cost, as many people nowadays use their cell phones to determine what county they are in, what city they are passing through, or what time it is.

I agree. I think that's stupid, especially because Google maps doesn't even show county lines. Or time zones. Also, what if you're driving by yourself? Surely they don't want you to look at your phone while driving...

Along I-65 in Indiana (one of the boringest drives you can take), all counties are signed, but the change in time zone is not.  Only the change of the hour on your mobile phone or connected car provide a hint that you've just crossed the Eastern/Central time zone boundary.  Indiana is infamous for being horrible about this; counties periodically change which zone they're in, they used to be a mish-mash of counties that did and did not observe DST (although no longer) and time zone boundaries are never signed - except for the crossing on the Indiana Toll Road. 

[StogieGuy7]

This one is pretty typical in Wisconsin: ___ Co.  Even on freeways, it's basically an upgauged version of the same.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6703325,-88.0516063,3a,75y,37.63h,69.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN5IIKRvoaSdFJFO9yfrnGw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Gnutella]

Pennsylvania is actually pretty good at this:

The signs say "COUNTY LINE" on the Interstates, though.

[SSR_317]

In Indiana, INDOT puts up signs on their roads.  Interstates just have signs naming the county you are entering.  US and State highways have signs that say Enter XXX Co  Leave YYY Co.  It's up to the counties as to whether or not they sign county roads.

Though they don't anymore. County lines are not signed on the new I-69, and several signs on US 24 and I-94 have been missing for years and have never been replaced. When I reported those signs being missing (along with the Central/Eastern Time Zone sign on I-94 at the MI line), they informed me that they have indeed discontinued that sort of signage due to safety and cost, as many people nowadays use their cell phones to determine what county they are in, what city they are passing through, or what time it is.

I agree. I think that's stupid, especially because Google maps doesn't even show county lines. Or time zones. Also, what if you're driving by yourself? Surely they don't want you to look at your phone while driving...

Along I-65 in Indiana (one of the boringest drives you can take), all counties are signed, but the change in time zone is not.  Only the change of the hour on your mobile phone or connected car provide a hint that you've just crossed the Eastern/Central time zone boundary.  Indiana is infamous for being horrible about this; counties periodically change which zone they're in, they used to be a mish-mash of counties that did and did not observe DST (although no longer) and time zone boundaries are never signed - except for the crossing on the Indiana Toll Road.

IMHO, Daylight "Shifting" Time should be abolished, worldwide. Conformists beware!

[hbelkins]

IMHO, Daylight "Shifting" Time should be abolished, worldwide. Conformists beware!

Actually, DST should become the new year-round standard.

In before deletion... 

[hotdogPi]

IMHO, Daylight "Shifting" Time should be abolished, worldwide. Conformists beware!

Actually, DST should become the new year-round standard.

In before deletion... 

The 52-page thread never got deleted.